Covid19
85 LGAs Without COVID-19 Case In Nigeria
Lagos, Plateau Lead As Nigeria Reports 290 New Cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 290 new cases of COVID-19 in the country.
It also emerged that 85 out of the 774 Local Government Areas in the country are yet to report a single case of COVID-19. The NCDC also reported that five states in the country account for 60% of the cumulative cases of the disease in the country.
The NCDC made these known on its official twitter handle on Monday.
The health agency said that Nigeria’s new cases were confirmed in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), taking the total number of infections in the country to 46,867.
The NCDC data showed that Lagos and Plateau recorded the highest cases for the day with 82.
The NCDC said there were 290 new confirmed cases and five deaths recorded as at Monday.
It added that till date, 46867 cases had been confirmed, 33346 discharged and 950 deaths recorded in 36 states and the FCT.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 had said five states accounted for 60 per cent of cumulative cases in the country while 689 out of the 774 Local government areas had reported at least one case.
It also said 85 local councils in 20 states had not done any testing.
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